Khrushchev Warns Nuclear War Spares No One
Soviet Premier Khrushchev warned in Romania that a nuclear war would be the greatest catastrophe for mankind and would spare no one including the yellow race. He urged Eastern bloc nations to pool economic resources and share labor to boost socialist cooperation amid tensions with China and pressure from Western markets.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Romania
Eastern Bloc
Formosa Strait
Bucharest
Supreme Court bans daily school prayer in New York
The Supreme Court ruled 6-1 that offering a 22 word daily prayer in New York public schools violates the U.S. Constitution. Five parents questioned the practice as a violation of church and state, and the court said using schools to promote prayer is inconsistent with the establishment clause. Justice Black wrote the majority opinion. Justice Stewart dissented. Justices Frankfurter and White did not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York State
New Hyde Park
N.Y
Board of Regents
Black
New York
Congress
Justice Stewart
Stewart
Douglas
Frankfurter
White
Black man struck in Gilliam over two dollars incident
Walter Reddix of Gilliam is held in Caddo jail on investigation of a serious case tied to the shooting of Elijah Rivers, 62, of Shreveport. Authorities say Reddix dropped $2 which Rivers allegedly picked up before Reddix produced a .22 caliber public safety item and struck Rivers in the head and chest in the Black quarter.
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Walter Reddix
Gilliam
Caddo
Connectios
Elijah Rivers
Shreveport
Reddix
Rivers
U S Warships To Reinforce Formosa Patrol
U S warships speed from Japan to reinforce the 7th Fleet Formosa patrol amid reports of a Communist buildup opposite the Nationalist Quemoy and Matsu. Navy officials say patrols are strengthened. unconfirmed reports mention the carrier Coral Sea. The Nationalist Defense Ministry cites 400,000 troops, 300 aircraft, 400 small craft and 30 submarines on the invasion front.
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Taipei
Formosa
U. S
Japan
7Th Fleet
Quemoy
Matsu
Honolulu
Coral Sea
Defense Ministry
Formosa Strait
Queimoy
Bill Alive Adcock Pursues Education Superintendent Proposal
In Baton Rouge Sen. Jamar Adcock failed to secure enough votes for a constitutional amendment creating an appointive state superintendent of education. Sen. Guy Lockrider blocked the measure until Adcock withdrew the plan amid a heated debate. Shelby M. Jackson faced criticism as Adcock defended his past actions. Johnny Rogers accused Jackson of pursuing gubernatorial aims, citing campaign materials and telephone charges. The proposal, if approved by two-thirds in both houses, would go to voters in November.
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Sam Hanna
Baton Rouge
Jamar Adcock
Monroe
State Board of Education
Guy Lockrider
Lake Charles
Adcock
Shelby M. Jackson
Senate
Shelby Jackson
Mr. Jackson
Ceasar
Jackson
A. QO. Rappelet
Galiano
Johnny Rogers
Grand Cane
Rogers
Estes Ordered To Stand Trial
PECOS Texas UPI Dist. Judge H H Starley approved a motion by lawyer John Coter and ordered Billie Sol Estes to trial on eight state felony theft charges connected with fertilizer tank deals. Jury selection set for 1 30 p m with a 40 person special venue. Indicted April 26 by a state grand jury for theft of 828 577 through fraudulent mortgages contracts and notes.
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Pecos
Tex
UPI
H. H. Starley
John Coter
Billie Sol Estes
Cofer
Starley
Estes
Possible Collusion Bids From Top Corporations Reported
A Wall Street Journal dispatch says Attorney General Kennedy may release a detailed 480 page report this week showing hundreds of large corporations submitting identical sealed bids to various government agencies. The bids match to the fourth decimal place, raising suspicions of possible collusion though not proving illegality. The report was ordered by President Kennedy over a year ago and publication has been delayed to edit language.
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New York
Robert F. Kennedy
Wall Street Journal
Washington Dispatch
Kennedy
Journal
Tions
Justice Department
Kennedy administration targets salvage of battered program
The Kennedy administration moves to salvage parts of its legislative agenda with a $277 million stopgap measure the Senate approved. Democratic leaders pledge to end the House Senate money-bill impasse while aiming for June 30 fiscal year action. Senator Mansfield and Humphrey predict a compromise this week to preserve tax extensions and wheat and grain programs amid linked acreage controls.
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White House
House
Senate
House Appropriations Committees
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
Pressure To Settle Plane Strike Mounts
Striking flight engineers of Eastern Air Lines rejected a New York mediation session urged by federal mediators and offered to resume talks in Washington. Discussion on compulsory arbitration gained momentum with Senate subcommittee chair A S Monroney pressing Labor Secretary Goldberg. The dispute centers on whether a third cockpit seat should be created as crews shrink from four to three, a move that could affect Pan Am and Trans World Airlines. The Flight Engineers International Association AFL CIO bypassed the New York talks citing no formal notice, despite officials attending.
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Washington
Eastern Air Lines
New York
A. S
Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Senate Aviation Subcommittee
Arthur J. Goldberg
Monroney
Goldberg
Eastern
Pan American World Airways
Trans World Airlines
Flight Engineers International Association
Afl-Cio
W. Willard Wirtz
Francis A. O'Neill Jr
National Mediation Board
Jack Robertson
EAL
Ensign Risdon Wood Returns to Navy Training Route
Ensign Risdon Sr. Wood son of Mr and Mrs R W Wood of Monroe returned Sunday to duty with the U S Navy after visiting relatives. He reports to Virginia Beach for a month of advanced training before heading to Mayport Florida to board the USS Franklin D Roosevelt. Wood has been in the navy since February after graduating from Louisiana College.
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Risdon Sr. Wood
R. W. Wood
Lakeshore Drive
Monroe
U. S. Navy
Virginia Beach
Virginia
Mayport
Fla
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ensign Wood
Navy
Louisiana College
Hospitalized Danny Daniel Seeks Recovery At St Francis
Danny Daniel son of Mr and Mrs A S Daniel 810 K Street is hospitalized at St Francis Hospital for several days with a severe bone infection in his left thumb following surgery He is reported to be doing well and may go home today He plays ball on the Shell Oil team in the Dixie League The Girl Scouts of the United States are honored by a Special Stamp for their 50th anniversary set for release July 24 1962 at the Button Bay Vermont Round-Up First day covers will be sold by Fleetwood Cover Service Pleasant See CHIT CHAT page 2B
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Danny Daniel
A. S. Daniel
K Street
St. Francis Hospital
Girl Scouts of
Button Bay
Vermont
Louisiana Solons Sign Pension Bill
Washington UPI reports three Louisiana congressmen James H. Morrison Harold B. McSween and T. A. Thompson signed a controversial $1 billion World War I veteran pension bill. The measure would eliminate age and disability tests for eligibility. Morrison McSween Thompson hailed the move as fair to veterans.
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Washington
UPI
Louisiana
James H. Morrison
Hammond
Harold B. McSween
Alexandria
T. A. Thompson
Ville Platte
Weather outlook with warm temps and scattered storms
A pattern of scattered afternoon and evening thunder showers was possible amid otherwise warm weather. Sunday saw 92 degree heat with humidity high. highs of 90 forecast for today and Tuesday, with a low around 72 tonight and Monday. Sunrise 5 02 a.m. Tuesday. sunset 7 19 p.m.
Today’s Chuckle Man Overhead Yell Trend Sparks Laughter
A lighthearted note jokes that soon common speech may include shouting Man Overhead during routines or jokes about hazards. The quip hints at everyday humor evolving with phrases and playful safety myths.
Appropriation Proposals Boost Northeast Louisiana Schools
Gov Davis floor leaders advanced a $495 million general appropriations bill with increases for Monroe City and Ouachita Parish school systems. The bill directs direct funding by the Legislature, while Supt. Shelby M. Jackson cautions many districts may not run a full nine months next year. Also funded are Ouachita Valley Vocational Tech School and Northeast Louisiana Vocational Tech School in Winnsboro. The House vote is set for Tuesday as session nears end.
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Baton Rouge
Jimmie H. Davis
House
Louisiana
Sys
City of Monroe
Ouachita Parish
Department of Education
Shelby M. Jackson
Monroe Area
Ouachita Valley
Registration Books To Close For Ouachita Parish
Ouachita parish registration books will close at 5 p m tomorrow and stay shut until after the July 28 Democratic primary. Registrar Mae Lucky said the 30 day limit is met by state law. A surge in registrations occurred today with many applicants, mostly African American, visiting the office.
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Ouachita Parish
Mae Lucky
Singer Pat Lynne Receives Threats After Senate Testimony
Pat Lynne also known as Pat Kobalski 34 of Philadelphia lay in critical condition after an overdose of sleeping pills. Police said she was rushed from a friend’s home to Graduate Hospital where doctors operated to ease her breathing. Investigators noted threats followed her June 12 Senate subcommittee testimony about B girls.
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Philadelphia
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Walter Ryan
Pat Kobalski
Pat Lynne
Graduate Hospital
Ryan
Lynne
Paul W. Hackett
Miss Lynne
Pat Lynne Hackett
Stanley Greenfield
Hackett
Greenfield
Monroe Street Program Near Completion
City street program near completion with Bentz and Elmore and Louisiana Asphalt Co finishing most 1961 upgrades. Weather delayed work since Aug 1960. Floyd Martin Street to finish next week. Completed sections include K Street, N streets, Breard, Columbia, Pine, and S 64th.
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W. D. H. Rodriguez
Bentz and Elmore
Louisiana Asphalt Co
Floyd Martin
Rodriguez
Bentz
Elmore
Harn and Fairway Drive
Highland Park Subdivision
K Street
N. 11
Hilton St
Glenmar Ave
Okayed Miller reprimanded over Estes cotton allotments
Washington AP secretary of agriculture Orville Freeman announced a formal reprimand for Thomas H. Miller acting Southwest area director of the ASC. Miller failed to reveal he prepared a report recommending that 1961 cotton allotments in the Billie Sol Estes case be allowed to stand. He says the memo was issued under direction of Emery Jacobs, former deputy administrator, ASC. Freeman noted Miller testified the memorandum was to justify allowing Estes to retain all allotments he had acquired. The reprimand follows resumed congressional probes and testimony from a Commercial Solvents consultant.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Thomas H. Miller
Department
Billie Sol Estes
Freeman
Miller
Estes
Southwest Area
The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Emery E. Jacobs
A.S.C.S
Jacobs
Agriculture Department
Commercial Solvents Corp
Ten Negroes Hurt In Truck Crash Near Monroe
Early today about 5:15 a.m. a truck rammed the rear of a parked cotton chopper truck on Highway 15 near the Monroe line south of Winnsboro. Ten people from Monroe were injured, Flynn Jones Jr. listed as seriously hurt. Ed Count Jr. of Sidon, Miss. claimed he fell asleep and caused the crash.
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Monroe
Winnsboro Road
Ness Eat Eee
Frank Jones
Mattie Bowman
Jimmie Fisher
Amanda Dillard
Bertha Mae Kelly
Flynn Jones Jr
Mary Jane Simmons
Fannie Montgomery
Estella Jones
Annie Faye Jones
Flynn Jones, Jr
St. Francis Hospital
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Ed Count, Jr
Sidon
Miss
Count
Market Plunge Deepens as Dow and S&P Fall Hard
NEW YORK UP I The market slid again at noon with 3 290 000 shares traded by the end of the third hour down from 3 130 000 Friday. The S P 500 fell 6 66 and the Dow Jones industrials dropped 9 53 with leading issues Owens Illinois General Foods Procter & Gamble International Nickel du Pont and Texaco down 2 to 3 points. Most autos chemicals steels rails and oils declined, and losses spread through utilities foods stores and finance shares. Many aircrafts metals and tobaccos also weakened.
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New York
UPI
Standard & Poor
Owens-Illinois
General Foods
Procter & Gamble
International Nickel du Pont
Texaco
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